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Product: IBM BigFix Compliance Title: New CIS Checklist for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Security Benchmark: CIS SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Benchmark, V 2.0.0 Published Site: CIS Checklist for SLES 11, site version 3 (The site version is provided for air-gap customers.) Details: · Both analysis and remediation checks are included · Some of the checks allow you to use the parameterized setting to enable customization for compliance evaluation.... [More]

IBM BigFix Patch is pleased to announce the release of Fixlets for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 on z systems on the 'Patches for SLE 12 on System z' site. This site uses zypper, which is SLE's default package manager, and contains content from the following channels for SLES 12 s390x systems: SLES12-Updates SLES12-Pool SLES12-SP1-Updates SLES12-SP1-Pool SLES12-SP2-Pool SLES12-SP2-Updates SLES12-SP3-Pool SLES12-SP3-Updates Actions to Take: Subscribe to the 'Patches for SLE 12 on System z' site from the License... [More]

BigFix WebUI update for all WebUI applications IBM BigFix is pleased to announce an update to the WebUI. This release contains a number of features that makes WebUI resilient to higher data latency conditions and increases operational efficiency with exciting features, such as Automatic Patching and personalized Self-Service Application. Release Details View nearly real-time (NRT) data: The Overview dashboard, Executive Dashboard and other views now show nearly real-time (NRT) data. For a majority of the workflows and... [More]

The SCC Download Plug-in and SCC Download Cacher have been updated with the following enhancements: SCC Download Plug-in 1.0.1.0 The SCC Download Plug-in can now use packages that are cached by the SCC Download Cacher's download_dir (which is referred to as localCache in the plugin.ini) and get packages from the Internet at the same time. Previously, the SCCPlugin was used in the BigFix Server in either of the following scenarios: - fully air-gapped using SCCDownloadCacher or - internet-enabled without using SCCDownloadCacher. With... [More]

IBM BigFix is pleased to announce that it BigFix Lifecycle Power Management now supports the following Windows: Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Gather the Power Management site in the License Overview dashboard. Site: Power Management site, version 66. Action to take: Gather the Power Management site, version 66. Application Engineering Team IBM BigFix

IBM BigFix Patches for Ubuntu has released Fixlets for unannounced Ubuntu packages. These Fixlets cover released Ubuntu packages that are without notices posted in the Ubuntu Security Notices site or through the Ubuntu mailing list. The packages are released to the 'security' repositories within the main, universe, restricted, and multiverse channels. BigFix Fixlets indicate “Unspecified” in the Fixlet title. For example, “Unspecified - Tomcat8-Admin - Ubuntu 16.04 (amd64)”. Since the content is not part of an... [More]

IBM BigFix Patch is pleased to announce that Fixlet content for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) version 12 SP3 (x86_64) are now available. These Fixlets are based on the supported packages that are available in the following SUSE repositories: SLED12-SP3-Pool, SLED12-SP3-Updates, SLES12-SP3-Pool, and SLES12-SP3-Updates. Actions to Take: Gather the updates from the listed sites. Affected Sites: Patches for SLE 12 Native Tools site, version 154 Patching Support site, version 796... [More]

IBM BigFix is pleased to announce the release of IBM BigFix Compliance Analytics version 1.9 Patch 3 [formerly called IBM Endpoint Manager for Security and Compliance Analytics (SCA)]. Product: IBM BigFix Compliance Title: Availability of BigFix Compliance Analytics version 1.9 Patch 3 Details: The BigFix Compliance Analytics version 1.9 Patch 3 release includes the following new features, fixes, and updates. Published site: SCM Reporting, version 114. New features and updates: Update of IBM JRE to version 8.0.4.10. No user action is required... [More]

IBM BigFix Patch released content to accommodate the Microsoft Office 365 changes to Fixlet names. The content were released on September 12, 2017 and can be used to set endpoints to the channel. The name change is indicated in the following table. Microsoft applied the Office 365 channel name change, along with changes to the release cadence and support duration, on September 12, 2017. For more information about these changes, see http://bit.ly/2vFdHZa . Highlights: [Major] Office 2016 Version 16.0.8201.2193... [More]

IBM BigFix Patch will be making changes to Office 365 content. This is in alignment with Microsoft Office 365 changes that include a change of channel names, as indicated in the following table. Microsoft announced that the name change begins on September 12, 2017 . BigFix will be updating existing tasks for users to set endpoints to the new channel. The Fixlet IDs of existing content will remain unchanged. Moving forward, users will receive updates as per usual and the change is in name only. What actions... [More]